Amanda Brock and Luke Moore talk Sewer South

The Oconee County administrator and a Fair Play man addressed the stalled Sewer South Phase Two during yesterday’s meeting of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  County Administrator Amanda Brock made two requests which the JRSA approved, while Luke Moore posed several questions including who would be required to hook up to piped sewer once the extension project is finished.  On […]

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Linda Mize

Westminster – Linda Beth Black Mize, 83, wife of the late Clarence Preston Mize, Jr., of the Earle’s Grove community, passed away on Monday, February 6th, 2023 at Cottingham Hospice of the Foothills in Seneca, SC.   Linda was the daughter of the late Eugene and Thelma Graham Black. She was a life-long member of Earle’s Grove Baptist Church and […]

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Mountain Rest prescribed burn

Smoke is liable to be visible later today from SC 28 and the Cassidy Bridge Road, Mountain Rest, as USDA’s Forest Service conducts a prescribed burn of about 200 acres.  A spokesman predicts the smoke will be minimal.  The burn will commence around 11:30 this morning and completed around 5 pm.  The purposes include wildlife habitat and fuels reduction.

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West-Oak pageant winners

Braelyn Nicole Wood is the West-0ak High School student who wears the crown this year of Miss West-0ak.  She prevailed in Saturday night’s school pageant. Braelyn’s court includes the following pageant contestants:  Bella Lynch, runner-up; Hannah Nicole Dobbs, Miss Senior; Sarah Myers, Miss Congeniality; Erin Page Redmond, Sweetheart Queen; Cara Ann Cooper, People’s Choice Miss Warrior; Emma Claire Edgar, Miss […]

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Avery King

Westminster– Avery Lee King, 20, passed away on Friday, February 3rd, 2023 at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital.   Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Avery was the son of Kenneth Clay King and Jessica King and the late Renee Rowland King. Avery attended West-Oak High School and was attending Tri-County Tech studying to be a heavy equipment operator. Avery had […]

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Oconee community responds to world hunger

In a two-hour exercise, church and civic club members from the Walhalla-West Union area packaged 18 thousand meals to be flown to countries that have the greatest hunger needs.  All bays in the West Union Fire Department were emptied of engines and pumpers Saturday morning, as around 100 people turned out in an event led by the organization Rise Against […]

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